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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Imagine being an outside parent coming to a thread that was about advice for their child to join a field hockey club, which a year later has devolved into parents commenting on players (who are children), making fun of each other for expressing opinions, and some clearly settling personal vendettas against certain clubs, all behind an anonymous keyboard. Meanwhile, coaches and players from all of these clubs continue to try and grow the sport, develop as people and players, and put their heart and soul into creating safe environments and maybe actually have some FUN playing a sport. It’s a sport, after all.

Shame on some of you. You are the reason parents need their own coaching about manners, perspective, and understanding. And if I were that parent coming to get advice about field hockey in the DMV, I’d look at this board and say “maybe I’ll have my kid play a more civilized sport, like kickboxing.”[/quote]

It’s a business foremost.  Not just a sport.  Also if you stick with this sport after a certain age, most want to use it to their advantage to get into a good college. Hence why the claws come out.  Not enough recruiting spots at the desired colleges.  The game has grown.  Clubs have realized it’s a great business money maker and more clubs are propagating or clubs are getting bigger.  As with any business, people will provide reviews.  These clubs aren’t coaching just from the goodness of their hearts.  The club owners are making good money, so are the collegiate coaches running clinics, the owners of the Lineup, the coaches showing up at the lineup, the coaches doing private lessons, USAFH with Nexus and ranking tournaments.  Don’t fool yourself thinking it’s for the love of the sport.  It’s mostly about the money.[/quote]

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